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This Day in COVID: June 29, 2020

Resisting Covid-19 ‘fake news’ with a high dose of public trust

Like the pandemic, Covid-19 misinformation has affected some countries more than others. Where does Switzerland sit on the “infodemic” spectrum?

Swiss Info

Chilean police forces repress protests with COVID-19 regulations

On 18th March 2020, the Chilean government issued a decree that established an exceptional “state of catastrophe” for three months due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). The legislation also allowed the president to take further measures such as restrictions on gatherings in public spaces and individuals’ movement, quarantines or curfews.

Civicus

How did face masks become a political issue in America?

They’re just pieces of cloth, but a passionate portion of the US population sees an attack on individual freedom

The Guardian

Dr. Fauci & Global Vaccinology Leaders Address Strategies Against COVID-19

We just had our 1st virtual eSymposia on vaccinology and we're sharing some highlights & videos including a keynote from Anthony Fauci!

Keystone Symposia

Fact check: US government did not engineer COVID-19

USA Today

Gilead announces long-awaited price for Covid-19 drug remdesivir

Gilead has announced the long-awaited price for remdesivir, the first medicine shown to have an impact on Covid-19.

STAT News

Covid-19 turns battleground states into hotspots as Trump trails Biden in polls

Trump is accused of a historic failure of leadership for downplaying the virus and ignoring its resurgence in several states

The Guardian

Trump has no problem with masks, believes it's a personal choice: McEnany

Reuters

Three Months In, Many Americans See Exaggeration, Conspiracy Theories and Partisanship in COVID-19 News

Americans are skeptical about whether some key sources for news and information are getting the facts right about the coronavirus outbreak. Of five types

Pew Research

Europeans’ trust in Trump’s America ‘is gone’ after coronavirus pandemic, poll finds

A poll of thousands of Europeans has found that the majority have an increasingly negative view of the U.S. as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

CNBC

The 3 Weeks That Changed Everything

Imagine if the National Transportation Safety Board investigated America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Atlantic

Self-Absorbed, Uncaring, Incompetent: COVID Has Exposed Populist Leaders for What They Are

From the US and Brazil to India and the UK, the very qualities that catapult populist leaders to power are those that make them dismal failures at handling a serious national emergency.

The Wire

Our Mission

The COVID-19 History Project is a curated archive of the events and policy decisions surrounding the emergence of COVID-19.

The pandemic era of 2020-2022 saw massive increases in restrictions on daily life—enforced by the government and by social stigma—accompanied social protests that roiled cities worldwide

In the United States alone, trillions of dollars were spent by the federal government to offset the forced closure of businesses and the devastation of normal life.

The impacts of these policy decisions are still being felt today.

Some would like us to forget the actions and people that played a significant role during the pandemic.

But we of the COVID-19 History Project don't want to forget. Through our work, we hope there will always be an archive to learn from and interpret this fascinating, disturbing, time in world history.

The Timeline

In order to learn from the mistakes of the past, and give COVID-19 decision makers the credit—both good and bad—they deserve, we have compiled a media timeline from every day of the pandemic.

We have endeavored to make the timeline comprehensive without being duplicative, following the major trends as they unfolded.

We provided analyses for each month highlighting major events, but encourage readers to make their own conclusions about these events as well.

This Day in COVID: June 29, 2021

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